User blog comment:Anobi/Second's First Impression/@comment-3436482-20120425151608/@comment-775152-20120426031344

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!

The controls are definitely different. I didn't figure out the trick until halfway through the game... though I probably could have saved myself some trouble by just reading the "controls" section of the walkthrough I used.

I decided to play through the games in release order. Part of my reasoning behind that decision was so I could evaluate how the gameplay evolved and improved through the series. You should have seen me try and Aerial Rave in DMC1! I kept using High Time and mashing what is usually the Style button, then saying "Oh come on!" in frustration as I lost my style rank. That was a facepalm-worthy moment.